
ESG Clarity: Investors need to allow companies room to be open about failings when it comes to human rights issues in their supply chains, a Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) conference in Barcelona heard earlier this month.
Yahoo Finance: BlackRock plans no major changes to the way it engages with companies and votes on environmental and social issues in the year ahead, despite a backlash against its stance on climate change from some U.S. Republican politicians.
BNN Bloomberg: After a turbulent few weeks during which some of the world’s biggest asset managers removed coveted ESG tags from huge chunks of their business, industry bosses have had enough.
BNN Bloomberg: Texas lawmakers grilled finance industry executives they summoned to a remote corner of the Lone Star State for a hearing, questioning whether their environmental, social and governance policies are hindering state pension investments.
Financial Advisor: In the past five years, the world’s sustainable finance markets have expanded from niche products a decade ago, to more than one and half trillion dollars of bonds and loans issued last year. Investors have also allocated hundreds of billions of dollars to ESG-focused equity and debt exchange-traded funds.
Mondaq: In 2023, we expect environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns to be a driving force in M&A and divestment activity, particularly as pressure mounts for carbon-intensive oil companies to rationalise their portfolios.
FCA: Earlier this year the FCA Board agreed to establish a new ESG Advisory Committee to help execute its ESG-related responsibilities. This includes meeting the Government’s expectation that we 'have regard' to the UK’s commitment to achieving a net zero economy by 2050, when considering how to advance and achieve our objectives and functions.
Eiopa: The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today the results of its climate stress test of European Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provisions (IORPs).
Euronews: Pension funds across the European Union would lose billions of euros from their investments in polluting industries without action to mitigate the impact of climate change, the bloc’s first stress test of its kind showed.
The Times of India: The ESG risks of an investment can have a significant impact on the performance and value. Investors need to look at these risks before capital investment.
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